The Rosen School of Hebrew Blog

El Al (Hebrew: אל על) , literally means “to the skies” , is the National Airlines of the state of Israel. The term “El Al” is taken from the Hebrew Bible (Hosea11:7)- ” “וְעַמִּי…

The National Israeli Museum of the Sea , also known as the Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum, an Israeli navy museum located in Haifa. It was founded in 1969. The museum is named…

Altneuland (Hebrew: אַלְטְנוֹיְלַנְד), also known as The Old New Land, is Herzl’s novel of the Zionist utopia he wished to create in Erez Yisrael.The Novel was published in 1902. Theodor Herzl was…

The Old Yishuv (Hebrew: הישוב הישן) Is a term used to describe the Jewish community that lived in Eretz Israel prior to the onset of Zionist immigration .   Some of the Jews lived…

The Jewish Brigade (Hebrew: הבריגדה היהודית) was a national Jewish military formation of the British Army that served in Europe during the Second World War. The brigade was established in 1944.  …

The Burnt House (Hebrew: הבית השרוף) is a magnificent building located in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.   The Burnt House is also called the Katros House because of…

The Wohl Archaeological Museum (Hebrew: מוזיאון וואהל לארכיאולוגיה) is an ancient Musem located under a modern Jewish seminary in the Jewish Quarter. The Museum contains the remains of Jewish dwellings from the era…

One of the most controversial and problematic issues surrounding Jerusalem is the Holiness of Temple Mount (Hebrew: הר הבית) . At least four religions are known to have used the Temple Mount…

At the end of September 2012, one of the most famous generals in the Israeli army passed away. He was 86 years old and his name is Abraham (Bern) Adan. When Bern…

People are always wondering how places looked in the old ages, especially when we are speaking about holy places as Jerusalem in particular and the land of Israel in general.   The…